National Dex Dual Screens Grimmsnarl [GP: 1/1]

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Dual Screens (Grimmsnarl) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 140 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Taunt
- Foul Play / Parting Shot / Thunder Wave

Grimmsnarl serves as the premier dual screens setter on hyper offense teams due to its ability Prankster and access to Taunt, which crucially denies entry hazards from many common leads, as well as blocking opposing attempts to use Taunt or remove dual screens with Defog. Foul Play requires no Attack EVs to function, allowing Grimmsnarl to OHKO several Attack-boosting Pokemon that try to set up on it such as Ogerpon-W and offensive Garchomp. Parting Shot is sometimes used to pivot and force out Mega Diancie, while Thunder Wave is also an option to cripple fast threats. Tera Steel allows Grimmsnarl to resist Fairy attacks from Tapu Lele, and Iron Valiant, although using Tera on it is typically not ideal. 140 Special Defense EVs let Grimmsnarl survive two Moonblasts from Choice Scarf Tapu Lele behind Light Screen while the rest of its EVs are dumped into Defense, as most priority moves from Pokemon that can outspeed its Prankster dual screens are physical, such as Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham, with Mega Medicham occasionally using Bullet Punch as well. Teammates that benefit from Grimmsnarl's utility are mainly setup sweepers that can blow through most teams if allowed multiple turns of setup, such as Iron Crown, Mega Gyarados, Gouging Fire, Volcarona, and Dragonite, and hard hitting wallbreakers such as Ursaluna, and Mega Mawile that can beat almost anything one-on-one with dual screens up. Strong Fairy-type attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele can often leave Grimmsnarl severely chipped despite Light Screen, hurting its ability to set dual screens later on in the game. Additionally, entry hazard setters who ignore Taunt such as Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar give Grimmsnarl and the hyper offense teams it is found on trouble. Teammates like Iron Crown and Mega Mawile can turn these offensive Fairy-types into setup fodder, while teammates such as Urshifu-R can turn Mega Tyranitar and other Dark-types, like Weavile and Hisuian Samurott capable of ignoring Prankster into setup fodder.

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Dual Screens (Grimmsnarl) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 140 SpD / 4 Spe
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Taunt
- Foul Play

Grimmsnarl serves as the premier screen setter on Hyper Offense teams due to its ability Prankster and access to Taunt. Prankster providing its status moves with +1 priority allow it to invest maximum EVs into its bulk rather than needing to invest in speed like most other screens setters and also allows it to setup screens later in the game against speed boosted threats. (I think prankster providing prior is just dex info. if you want to specify that grim is bulkier than other screen setters, feel free to reword this sentence) Tera Steel is the best option for Grimmsnarl as it either resists or is immune to any type that would damage Grimmsnarl super effectively. (just specify that you resist steel and fairy now. maybe also say it doesn't click tera often) 140 Special Defense EVs allow Grimmsnarl to live two Moonblasts from Choice Scarf Tapu Lele while the rest of our EVs are dumped into physical bulk as most priority moves that can outspeed your Prankster screens are physical.(the usual order we go through this is moves -> tera -> evs) Foul play is the optimal attack for Grimmsnarl as it is a high power STAB move and requires no Attack EV investment to function, allowing you to OHKO several Swords dance mons that try to take advantage of your passiveness and setup while they are at +2 such as Ogerpon Wellspring and offensive Garchomp. (i wont mind chunking this out since technically it's stab and you dont need to talk about stab) Teammates that benefit from Grimmsnarl's utility are mainly setup sweepers that can blow through most teams if allowed multiple turns of setup such as Mega Gyarados, Gouging Fire, Volcarona and Dragonite, hard hitting wallbreakers such as Ursaluna, Iron Hands and Mega Mawile that can 1v1 almost anything with screens up and Stored Power users that can now set up multiple Calm Minds and have the added bulk to live super effective hits and possibly activate a Weakness Policy such as Mew, Iron Crown, Hatterene, Latias and Cresselia. Pokemon that give Grimmsnarl problems are strong Fairy attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu lele or Mega Diancie, defoggers that can 1v1 you such as Mega Scizor and Knock Off users especially ones with Dark typing making them immune to your Prankster Taunt such as Mega Tyranitar, Weavile and Hisuian Samurott. Good teammates to fix these matchups are strong Fighting types such as Urshifu Rapid Strike, Iron Hands or even Swords Dance Rillaboom which matches up well into all the Dark types and Fairy Resistances such as Pecharunt, Iron Crown, Volcarona and Mega Scizor.

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Dual Screens (Grimmsnarl) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 112 Def / 140 SpD / 4 Spe speed creep isnt allowed fwiw
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Taunt
- Foul Play im not a grimmsnarl expert but I always felt like parting shot and/or twave are also annoying options in this slot

Grimmsnarl serves as the premier screen setter on Hyper Offense teams due to its ability Prankster and access to Taunt. Prankster allows Grimmsnarl to be bulkier than other screens setters by not needing to invest speed evs and allows it to set screens against speed boosted threats. filler, you should describe taunt in further detail here as well as twave/pshot (if you add the latter 2) Tera Steel is the best option for Grimmsnarl allowing it to resist Steel and Fairy from who?, although using terastalization is uncommon typically not ideal. Foul play is the optimal attack for Grimmsnarl as it requires no Attack EV investment to function, allowing you to OHKO several Swords dance mons that try to take advantage of your passiveness and setup while they are at +2 such as Ogerpon Wellspring and offensive Garchomp. this line should be moved to the 2nd line directly after your opening sentence 140 Special Defense EVs allow Grimmsnarl to live two Moonblasts from Choice Scarf Tapu Lele behind Light Screen while the rest of our its EVs are dumped into physical bulk Defense as most priority moves that can outspeed your Prankster screens are physical such as Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham, with Bullet Punch from the latter occasionally. Teammates that benefit from Grimmsnarl's utility are mainly setup sweepers that can blow through most teams if allowed multiple turns of setup such as Mega Gyarados, Gouging Fire, Volcarona and Dragonite, hard hitting wallbreakers such as Ursaluna, Iron Hands and Mega Mawile that can 1v1 almost anything with screens up and Stored Power users that can now set up multiple Calm Minds and have the added bulk to live super effective hits and possibly activate a Weakness Policy such as Mew, Iron Crown, Hatterene, Latias and Cresselia. these cmers can be included in the setup sweepers section with mgyara, gouging (the only one id include is crown tho, the others are quite niche) Pokemon that give Grimmsnarl problems are strong Fairy attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu lele or Mega Diancie, defoggers that can 1v1 you such as Mega Scizor and Knock Off users especially ones with Dark typing making them immune to your Prankster Taunt such as Mega Tyranitar, Weavile and Hisuian Samurott. Good teammates to fix these matchups are strong Fighting types such as Urshifu Rapid Strike, Iron Hands or even Swords Dance Rillaboom which matches up well into all the Dark types and Fairy Resistances such as Pecharunt, Iron Crown, Volcarona and Mega Scizor. Strong Fairy-type attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele can often leave Grimmsnarl severely chipped despite Light Screen, hurting its ability to set screens later on in the game. Additionally, hazard setters who ignore Taunt such as Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar give Grimmsnarl and the Hyper Offense teams its found on trouble. Teammates like Iron Crown and Mega Mawile can turn these offensive Fairy-types into setup fodder, while teammates such as Urshifu-R and Zamazenta can turn Mega Tyranitar and other Dark-types capable, like Weavile and Hisuian Samurott, capable of ignoring Prankster into setup fodder. sorry for the massive rewording but i feel like your line flowed a bit weirdly and was all over the place

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[SET]
Dual Screens (Grimmsnarl) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 140 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Taunt
- Foul Play / Parting Shot / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Grimmsnarl serves as the premier screen setter on Hyper Offense hyper offense teams due to its ability Prankster and access to Taunt, (ac) which crucially denies entry hazards from many common leads, as well as blocking blocks opposing attempts to taunt you or remove your screens use Taunt or remove screens with Defog. Foul Play is the optimal attack for Grimmsnarl as it requires no Attack EVs investment to function, allowing you it (you refers to the battler) to OHKO several Swords dance mons boosted Pokemon that try to take advantage of your passiveness and setup while they are at +2 (fluff, although idk if this is bordering qc) such as Ogerpon Wellspring Ogerpon-W and offensive (its already implied earlier) Garchomp. Thunder Wave is also an option to cripple fast threats and Parting Shot is sometimes used to pivot and to force out Mega Diancie. (rearrange this sentence to mention parting shot first then twave since thats what it says in the analysis) Tera Steel is the best option for Grimmsnarl allowing it to resist Steel- and Fairy-type attacks from Tapu Lele, Mega Scizor, (ac) and Iron Valiant, although using terastalization Terastalization is typically not ideal. 140 Special Defense EVs allow Grimmsnarl to let it (changed for repetitiveness) live two Moonblasts from Choice Scarf Tapu Lele behind light screen Light Screen while the rest of its EVs are dumped into Defense as most priority moves that can outspeed your Prankster screens are physical such as Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham, with Bullet Punch from the latter occasionally the latter occasionally using Bullet Punch as well. Teammates that benefit from Grimmsnarl's utility are mainly setup sweepers that can blow through most teams if allowed multiple turns of setup such as Iron Crown, Mega Gyarados, Gouging Fire, Volcarona, (ac) and Dragonite as well as (rc) hard-hitting (ah) wallbreakers such as Ursaluna (rc) and Mega Mawile that can 1v1 one-on-one almost anything with screens up. Strong Fairy-type attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele can often leave Grimmsnarl severely chipped despite Light Screen, hurting its ability to set screens later on in the game. Additionally, hazard setters who that ignore Taunt such as Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar give Grimmsnarl and the Hyper Offense hyper offense teams its it is found on trouble. Teammates like Iron Crown and Mega Mawile can turn these offensive Fairy-types into setup fodder, while teammates such as Urshifu-R and Zamazenta can turn Mega Tyranitar and other Dark-types capable, like Weavile and Hisuian Samurott (rc) capable of ignoring Prankster into setup fodder. (ap)

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[SET]
Dual Screens (Grimmsnarl) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 116 Def / 140 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Reflect
- Light Screen
- Taunt
- Foul Play / Parting Shot / Thunder Wave

[SET COMMENTS]
Grimmsnarl serves as the premier screen dual screens setter on Hyper Offense hyper offense teams due to its ability Prankster and access to Taunt, (ac) which crucially denies entry hazards from many common leads, as well as blocking opposing attempts to taunt you or remove your screens use Taunt or remove dual screens with Defog. Foul Play is the optimal attack for Grimmsnarl as it requires no Attack EVs investment to function, allowing you Grimmsnarl (you refers to the battler) to OHKO several Swords dance mons that try to take advantage of your passiveness and setup while they are at +2 Attack-boosting Pokemon that try to set up on it such as Ogerpon Wellspring Ogerpon-W and offensive Garchomp. Thunder Wave is also an option to cripple fast threats and Parting Shot is sometimes used to pivot and to force out Mega Diancie. Parting Shot is sometimes used to pivot and force out Mega Diancie, while Thunder Wave is also an option to cripple fast threats. (set ordering) Tera Steel is the best option for Grimmsnarl allowing it allows Grimmsnarl (filler) to resist Steel- and Fairy-type attacks from Mega Scizor, (list ordering) Tapu Lele, Mega Scizor and Iron Valiant, although using terastalization Tera on it is typically not ideal. 140 Special Defense EVs allow Grimmsnarl to let Grimmsnarl (changed for repetitiveness) live survive two Moonblasts from Choice Scarf Tapu Lele behind light screen Light Screen, while the rest of its EVs are dumped into Defense, (AC) as most priority moves from Pokemon that can outspeed your its Prankster dual screens are physical, (AC) such as Fake Out from Mega Lopunny and Mega Medicham, with Bullet Punch from the latter occasionally Mega Medicham occasionally using Bullet Punch as well. Teammates that benefit from Grimmsnarl's utility are mainly setup sweepers that can blow through most teams if allowed multiple turns of setup, (AC) such as Iron Crown, Mega Gyarados, Gouging Fire, Volcarona, (ac) and Dragonite, and hard-hitting (ah) wallbreakers such as Ursaluna (rc) and Mega Mawile that can 1v1 beat almost anything one-on-one with dual screens up. Strong Fairy-type attackers such as Choice Specs Iron Valiant and Tapu Lele can often leave Grimmsnarl severely chipped despite Light Screen, hurting its ability to set dual screens later on in the game. Additionally, entry hazard setters who that ignore Taunt such as Mega Diancie and Mega Tyranitar give Grimmsnarl and the Hyper Offense hyper offense teams its it is found on trouble. Teammates like Iron Crown and Mega Mawile can turn these offensive Fairy-types into setup fodder, while teammates such as Urshifu-R and Zamazenta can turn Mega Tyranitar and other Dark-types capable, like Weavile and Hisuian Samurott (rc) capable of ignoring Prankster into setup fodder. (ap)

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